Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of his meetings have been at Cadwell , a 150 mile round trip from his home . |
| 2 | His sons have been to every place and farm along the Tummel . |
| 3 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |
| 4 | Gqozo later claimed that his troops had been under attack and had acted in self-defence . |
| 5 | All his dealings had been with himself and that larger self of family which had been thrown together by marriage or accident : he had never been able to go out from his shell of self . |
| 6 | If no organic being excepting man had possessed any mental power , or if his powers had been of a wholly different nature from those of the lower animals then we should never have been able to convince ourselves that our high faculties had been gradually developed . |
| 7 | Until now his ships had been on a southerly course , the weather becoming even colder , the unexpected winds known now as williwaws threatening to dash his vessels against the steep cliffs . |
| 8 | His friends had been in control of Punjab until Mr Ishaq 's people pushed them out after the central government was sacked on April 18th , and Manzoor Watoo , an ally of Mr Ishaq 's , installed himself as Punjab 's chief minister . |
| 9 | He smiled to think how accurate his suspicions had been in that direction . |
| 10 | His self-reproaches had been in pickle for a year , and the notion that they might be out-of-date escaped him . |
| 11 | By the test of later reflection his idea of explanation was confused and his findings have been at least modified by the theory of relativity . |
| 12 | He felt guilty now for not having paid more attention , but his thoughts had been on the groom . |
| 13 | What can the ‘ second-class ’ discussions of his Cabinets have been like ? |
| 14 | Although many of his lyrics have been in the sexist style known as slackness ( ironically , incredibly popular amongst women in Jamaica ) Shabba has also rhymed on cultural if not overtly political topics . |
| 15 | Hazel and his companions had been on the jump for nearly two days . |
| 16 | His nerves had been on hold for days . |